After independence we have made lots of progress in dams and water reservoirs, Now India is one of the world’s most prolific dam-builders. Around 4300 large dams already constructed and many more in the pipeline, Almost half of which are more than twenty years old. These dams are major attraction of tourists from all over India. Some facts about the Indian dams are: Tehri dam is the eighth highest dam in the world. The Idukki dam is the first Indian arch dam build across the Periyar river in Kerala and the largest arch dam in Asia. The Grand Anicut of Kallanai, located on Holy Cavery River in Tamil Nadu, is the oldest dam in the world. Indira Sagar Dam is the Largest Reservoir in India followed by other top big and large water reservoirs, These major dams in India with canals and channel provides an ideal environment for wildlife.

Tehri Dam -Uttaranchal

Tehri Dam located on the Bhagirathi River, Uttaranchal Now become Uttarakhand. Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India,With a height of 261 meters and the eighth tallest dam in the world. The high rock and earth-fill embankment dam first phase was completed in 2006 and other two phases are under construction. The Dam water reservoir use for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 MW of hydroelectricity.

Height: 260 meters

Length: 575 meters

Type: Earth and rock-fill

Reservoir Capacity: 2,100,000 acre·ft

River: Bhagirathi River

Location: Uttarakhand

Installed capacity: 1,000 MW

Bhakra Nangal Dam -Himachal Pradesh

Bhakra Nangal Dam is a gravity dam across the Sutlej river Himachal Pradesh. Bhakra Nangal is the largest dam in India, with a height of 225 meters and second largest Dam in Asia. Its reservoir, known as the “Gobind Sagar Lake” it is the second largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar dam.

Height: 226 meters

Length: 520 meters

Type: Concrete gravity

Reservoir Capacity: 7,501,775 acre·ft

River: Sutlej River

Location: Punjab and Himachal Pradesh

Installed capacity: 1325 MW

Hirakud Dam -Orissa

Hirakud dam built across the Mahanadi River in tribal state Orissa. Hirakud Dam is one of the longest dams in the world about 26 km in length. There are two observation towers on the dam one is “Gandhi Minar” and another one is “Nehru Minar”. The Hirakud Reservoir is 55 km long used as multipurpose scheme intended for flood control, irrigation and power generation. It was one of the major multipurpose river valley project after Independence.

Height: 60.96 meters

Length: 25.8 km

Type: Composite Dam

Reservoir Capacity: 4,779,965 acre·ft

River: Mahanadi River

Location: Orissa

Installed capacity: 307.5 MW

NagarjunaSagar Dam -Andhra Pradesh

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the world’s largest masonry dam with a height of 124 meters, built across Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is certainly the pride of India-considered the largest man-made lake in the world. The 1.6 km long with 26 gates dam was symbol of modern India’s architectural and technological triumphs over nature.

Height: 124 meters

Length:1,450 meters

Type: Masonry Dam

Reservoir Capacity: 9,371,845 acre·ft

River: Krishna River

Location: Andhra Pradesh

Installed capacity: 816 MW

Sardar Sarovar Dam -Gujarat

Sardar Sarovar Dam also known as “Narmada Dam” is the largest dam to be built, with a height of 163 meters, over the Sacred Narmada River in Gujarat. Drought prone areas of Kutch and Saurashtra will get irrigate by this project. The gravity dam is the largest dam of Narmada Valley Project with power facilities up to 200 MW. The dam is meant to benefit the 4 major states of India Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

Height: 163 meters

Length:1,210 meters

Type: Gravity Dam

Reservoir Capacity: 7,701,775 acre·ft

River: Narmada River

Location: Gujarat

Installed capacity: 1,450 MW

Indian government has approved the proposal to raise the dam’s height from 121.9 metres to 138.7 metres, making it the second highest dam in the world after Grand Coulee in the US.

All the information are great and the pictures of dams are awesome. Thanks

anuj

wonderful information…..i like it…..

jack

Idukki dam has 169m height..then why it is not included in this list? This is not good.

RANJIT

i like our country dams its very amazing ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Regarding info for project ….well i can say that these informations are very useful

Rohit G.Sorte

second largest Dam in Asia is in india,
world logest dam is in india……………but their is always problem of energy(electricity)
What is use of that dam?

Rupinder

R/sir,
Thanks for this very important information,

vetri

very nice

sameer

oh! nagarjunasagar is my native i like it……..

dhani shah

its really wonderful………………………………………..

Prof. ARUN KUMAR SHANDILYA.

This website provide a good information for the geologists and civil Engineer . Its a very good collection
of Photographs and informations are given related to the Dams. Its really wonderful.
Prof. ARUN KUMAR SHANDILYA.
Head ,DEPTT. OF APPLIED GEOLOGY,
Dr.HSG UNIVERSITY,SAGAR M.P.

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Hello Professor,
Thank you very much for your valuable comment.

Prof. ARUN KUMAR SHANDILYA.

I am hypnotised by seeing all information about the Heighest Dam of India and worls. Its really a good information

D.BASAK

very good information……but what about kongsabati dam? 10km longest dam..probably the longest in india.

Nithya.H.J

very nice. thanks for the information

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sumit

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very good information. photographs superb. god bless.

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Thanks Prachi.

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aziz

is it possible to get names of dam construction firms in India?

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Yes it is.

sharmila

what ever information u gave is really great but it would be greatest if you have given some information about Indra sagar dam one of the biggest dam in India.

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Hi Sharmila,
Indira Sagar Dam is the biggest reservoir in India, located at Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada River.

ANKUSH NAG

These dams are the beauty of INDIA

MONIKA CHOUDHARY

These dams are the main resources to produce electricity in India.

AVANTIKA CHOUDHARY

These dams glows our INDIA by producing electricity and the designs of the dams are very good.

SHIVANI KOUNDAL

We should proud of workers & engineers who constructs these DAMS

raj

Thanks for share this.

Rajanraju[kadakavoor]

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ajitsingh

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abid

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dr abhijit pujari

Imp info but capacity should also mention in tmc.

Abhay

Thanks for sharing

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Thanks Abhay, Keep visiting.

SUBHASH BHATTAR

Important info,more details should be given.like year of building,estimated cost,project manager,place of dam etc.

Bijendra Saini (civil engineer)

it is very difficult to construct a dam, but we did it.
Welldone INDIA.
soon we will be MAHASHAKTI in d world.

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Hey BIjendra,
India is one of the best country with some great architecture of Arch Dams, Bridges and Tunnels.

M.Rambabu

Dams r the societies temples,these r provide us enormous and lot of services like agricultural productivity,development productivity in lower areas,reduction in famines and etc.So government construct many more dams with public participation. Great Article.

Bambam

Chak De India

jagannath

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I really like such type of information which build a think that we are Indian. I proud to be in same field for our nation. Great India……………….

hardik

True, Good post.

jasjeet

Great India.

jinkachakradhar

very nice and thank god for giving this rivers and govt wonderful plan to construct this historical dams with proudly

mangesh

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Shankar penta

Very nice information

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Thanks Shankar.

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Rohit sharma

Exelent

Ashmita

It helped in my project a lot . Its great . Thanxxxxxx

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Thanks Ashmita.

ARUN KUMAR

Good collectio of pictures of nature with knowledge
But main length of hirakund dam is 4801 mtr is not given

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Thanks Arun for giving here length of Hirakund Dam.

HANNAH MONTANA

mashallah,

Athiralakshmi

great information for me , thanx

balachandran nair

Thanks for the informations about our rivers and dams.
India is worshipped with great rivers from north to south.The great Himalayan mountain delivers all its water to India and so on civlization flurished here from time imerememorial.

subbarayan

Srisailam Dam built across River Krishna 150 km before Nagarjuna sagar dam is massive and gives terrific look when viewed while traveling through Nallamalla hills towards the dam.

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Hello Subbarayan, Thanks for information about Srisailam Dam will add it soon. Can you please send some picture of the same.
Thanks

Nagaraj T Gireppanavar

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Thanks, great information for me…….
These dams are the beauty of INDIA

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Thanks William Keep visiting.

satyanarayana

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rajesh

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sararh

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sk Azar

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Naman Trivedi

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Keep it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

komal

Thanks Walkthroughindia for providing this type of of information.

Nandhita

good info. Really helped in project. keep it up. Site to be recommended

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Thanks Nandhita.

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Its really an indian engineering marvels and one of the best man made dams in india
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sameer ali

i seen all these dams

http://Youtube Harshit rastogi

Good dam (tehri dam)

Jignesh Palkar

Very good information and proud on India…

Suryanarayana

Hi Admin,
It would be very nice if you can collect the Capacity of water that is stored in these Dams in terms of TMC(Thousand million Cubic feet).

Ultimately for any Dam how much ever tall or length it be, the volume of water it can store in terms of TMC matters

Thanks
Surya

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himanshu

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puvisha

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Ashu

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kiran

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JASEESH

the info will be more usefull if capacity of dams is also given nd time of completion nd amout of power gerated

sappani

very useful information for student and others,Thank you sir

GAURAV

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tanya

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i will always walk through india…….!!

Every civil engineer should know the details of the biggest dams of India.Very Very Useful article.

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Thanks Sudhakar.

New Web Solutions

Good post! Thanks

uttam shelar

capacity of dam in TMC is not found.

Maanvi

I love this site……………

Abhijeet harry

very helpful site

http://www.walkthroughindia.com/ Kailash Kumbhkar

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good

mnsanthosh

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Krishanth

Thanks:)

vikram singh randhawa

ver well site.. nd more pics must be added

partha bhatta

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http://www.walkthroughindia.com/ Kailash Kumbhkar

Thanks, Sure will do.

krishma

if a nuclear war b/w india and pak—what would be the fate of these dams ??????????????

Parmod kumar

Isme Bhakra Dam ki Pic Sahi nahi hai pls sahi pic lagao!

sachi zacharia

What about the Idukki Arch Dam in Kerala

luckyshirwal

i pround my uttarakhand

Jayeshth kumar

tehri dam in india is biggest dam in india but I like nagarjunasagar dam

swati

its really good and informative

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Thanks for visiting.

HARI VSRC SHARMA

OFLATE,MANDI RIVER MAN MADE FLOODS TRAGEDY RESULTING TO KILL IN WATER FLOWS .COUNT TO TWENTY FOUR NATION BUILDER’S OF NEXT COMMING DECADE’S OF FUTURE INDIA FROM HYDERABAD,TELANGANA STATE.FELT TO BE VERY UNFORTUNATE .THE CARELESS FEAT IS HIGHLY CONDEMED AND NOT TOLERATED EVER NEVER.ON ANY ANGLE OF NATIONAL PUBLIC EMOTIONAL SPIRIT BLOW POINT OF VIEW.THE HIMACHAL PRADESH GOVT,,IRRIGATION DEPT.,HIGHER OFFICIAL’S HAVE TO RESPOND FLASH VERY IMMEDIATELY ON THIS GREAT DISASTER.WHY THEY HAVE NOT ARRANGED ALERT SOUND’S ABOUT WATER RELEAGE IN THE MANDI DAM .AS A PRE-CAUTIONARY MEASURE TO THE DAILY COMING TOURISTS IN SPECIFIC AND LOCAL LAY MAN PUBLIC IN GENERAL.THE OFFSPRING LOSS TO PARENTS CONCERNED NOT ANSWERABLE.SO,THE HIMACHAL PRADESH IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT HIGHER OFFICIAL’S ARE SUGGESTED TO DO LOT OF CONCRETE ENGINEERING SOPHISTICATED STEPS TO KEEP PEROLLING POSITIVELY 3600/24/7 TIME TENURE. TO GUARD ALL HOME AND ABROAD TOURISTS WHO WOULD DAILY GOING TO VISIT MANDI DAM IN FUTURE IN CONSULTATION WITH CENTRE.IF ANY ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED IN THIS REGARD WITH OUT ANY DELAY FAILURE.